Similar moves are being made elsewhere in Europe, including the Beneluxa initiative, which comprises of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Ireland all banding together to focus on evaluating high cost

The most advanced of these groups is Beneluxa. The initiative which was launched in 2015 with the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, with Austria joining in 2016 and Ireland earlier this year, ... the key was that Netherlands and Belgium showed

Under the Spinraza deal – announced in July 2018 – only Belgium and the Netherlands worked together, and the deal is not the same for each country. ... Data will be collected on the safety, efficacy and use of Spinraza in day-to-day clinical practice